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Small Actions, Big Impact: Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation by Sharing Your Observations!

Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 9 July 2025 — The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz returns for its ninth edition from 25 July to 3 August 2025, inviting individuals and organizations across Canada, Mexico and the United States to come together in a unique cross-border effort to protect one of North America's most iconic species: the monarch butterfly.

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Resilience of Indigenous Peoples Traditional Food Systems

2024 Active Ecosystems

Food security is one of the major global challenges facing humanity today. The climate crisis and the depletion of natural resources have put an increased strain on food production. Therefore, promoting and ensuring diverse and sustainable food systems that contribute to human well-being and avoid the deterioration of nature are...

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Nature-based Solutions to Address Flood Risks in Coastal Communities Report Series

August 2, 2024 63 pages Climate Change Ecosystems

Flood-risk management is a major concern for coastal communities, particularly when considering sea-level rise caused by climate change. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have the potential to meet many flood-risk management objectives while also providing social, environmental, and economic co-benefits.

This series of guidance documents was designed to support the uptake of NBS in coastal communities across Canada, Mexico and the United States, by providing decision makers and practitioners with practical information and guidance related to NBS co-benefits, retrofitting existing infrastructure using NBS, and monitoring NBS. The documents synthesize significant previous work, incorporate insights from an interdisciplinary community of practitioners gathered through intersectoral workshops, and propose new, practical decision frameworks and processes. They also include case studies from the three countries to provide real-world context and emphasize key concepts throughout the reports.

This report series was published as part of the CEC project Nature-based Solutions to Address Flooding in Coastal Cities.

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Salary/Budget: The maximum budget for this activity is expected to be C$360,000 (three hundred and sixty thousand Canadian dollars).
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We conduct research, provide tools and training, and provide a unique space for decision-makers and the public to engage on environmental policy issues affecting the North American region.